A Blackman Township man is to be arraigned Monday afternoon on criminal sexual conduct charges for allegedly sexually molesting his 3-year-old daughter.File photo

JACKSON, MI – A Blackman Township man is to be arraigned Monday afternoon on several counts of criminal sexual conduct for allegedly sexually assaulting his 3-year-old daughter.

He would take showers with the girl and told Blackman-Leoni Township public safety detectives Christopher Boulter and Joseph Merritt that he may have attempted to have sex with her six times. He said it happened “too many times to remember,” according to a petition seeking to remove the girl from the care of her mother and father, who were living at the Avalon Hotel, 2000 Bondsteel Drive.

The man was arrested Thursday and the girl has been placed in foster care, said Boulter, a sergeant.

Two other children, boys aged 5 and 8, also were removed from the custody of the girl’s mother, according to court records.

“I know you are going to have a lot of questions as to why this happened and I can tell you that at this time, I am not fully sure as to why this happened,” the man wrote in an “apology letter” quoted in the petition.

“Please know that I want the best for you and I am going to get the help I need. My head is not right and hasn’t been for a long time. I know that I can never take back what I did and can say sorry a million times."

The sexual abuse is alleged to have taken place from late last year until May, Boulter said.

On May 7, Children’s Protective Services received a complaint alleging the girl was displaying “a lot of sexualized behavior.” She asked her brother to have sex with her, “humped her stuffed animals,” and found pornography and put it in the DVD player, according to the petition.

The woman, who is married to the child’s father, admitted to assisting her husband in attempting to penetrate their daughter, according to the petition. The man said she held the 3-year-old’s hands while he held her legs and the girl was “trying to get away,” according to the petition.

Her mother also admitted she and her husband watched pornography and had sex in the girl’s presence, and she told Merritt and Boulter the couple took elicit photos of the child, according to the petition.

The woman, who has a history of being sexually abused, also said her husband has forced sex on her and once grabbed her throat after she saw him physically abuse her sons when they were ages 2 and 4. He told her if she called the police, he would throw her out a window, according to the petition.

The woman has not been charged with a crime. The investigation is continuing, detectives said.

The Department of Human Services is seeking to terminate the parental rights of both parents.

All the children were taken from the couple’s home early this month. An order was signed Thursday, June 6.